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Port of Hull invests to secure jobs and increase trade
Port of Hull invests over £3 million to grow headcount and purchase over 30 pieces of bespoke machinery to support extra business and to assist the new operation of in-house haulage for its Container, Dry Bulks and Finland terminals. £2.7m Newport lock gates
“THE CHARITY SUPPORTS CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY AND OTHER MOTOR DISORDERS, AS WELL AS ADULTS WITH HEAD INJURIES, PARKINSONS, MS, CEREBRAL PALSY AND THOSE THAT HAVE SUFFERED STROKES.”
ABP raises £13,000 New container service launched from Immingham for Southampton to Poland Rainbow Centre
ABP Southampton team completes an ‘Olympic Challenge’ series of events taking the amount raised for the Rainbow Centre to £13,646.
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Port of Cardiff supports summer Immigration Minister Caroline of fun in Cardiff Bay Nokes visits Southampton
Annual Maritime Festival held at Ipswich Waterfront
£400k investment ABP apprentice in Ipswich marina wins top award
A new £200,000, 75-tonne boat ABP Southampton’s Abigail Jones hoist is delivered to the Port is named ‘Apprentice of the Year’ at of Ipswich as part of ongoing the annual Southampton Engineering investment in equipment and Training Association (SETA) event, port infrastructure, completing a as she continues working towards £400,000 investment programme the Maintenance and Operations to improve marina services. Engineering Technician Level 3 apprenticeship. ABP Annual Review Annual ABP
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ABP launches Women Southampton wins UK Best in Maritime Charter Port Award in Cruise Awards
ABP hosts an event to launch a new initiative encouraging more women to take up roles within the maritime industry. The Whitehall event sees the attendance of over a hundred government, local authority and industry representatives with keynote speeches from ABP’s Chief Executive Officer Henrik Pedersen and Shipping Minister Nusrat Ghani MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport.
“THE WHITEHALL EVENT SEES THE ATTENDANCE OF OVER A HUNDRED GOVERNMENT, LOCAL AUTHORITY AND INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES.”
£50 million expansion of Humber ports
Following continued growth in container volumes across the ports of Hull and Immingham in 2017, the second phase of the £50 million investment across the ports begins with a £36 million upgrade on the container terminal in Immingham. ABP Annual Review Annual ABP
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Around 2,400 runners competed in the second Over the past twelve months, ABP continued ever ABP Humber Coastal Half Marathon in September 2018. This was followed by to play a vital role in supporting communities thousands of runners participating in the ABP by sponsoring a number of marathons and Southampton Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K in May 2019, which is now in its fifth year. charity events around Britain. In the same month, the ABP Newport Wales Marathon & 10K saw a further 6,000 take to the streets to raise money for good causes. ABP Annual Review Annual ABP
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ABP Scotland donates funds to Tall ships arrive at Port of Ipswich support Fishermen’s Mission as part of ‘Race of the Classics’
“LOWESTOFT WELCOMES ITS NEWEST CUSTOMER, WORLD MARINE OFFSHORE, Immingham is home At the sixth annual Solar Power Portal AS PART OF THE COMPANY’S Awards, an Immingham solar installation wins to award-winning ‘Commercial Rooftop Solar Installation of the UK-BASED PROJECT TO rooftop solar array Year’. Based on a 30,260sqm warehouse SUPPORT SCOTTISHPOWER at the port, the facility is one of the largest RENEWABLES’ EAST ANGLIA rooftop arrays in the UK, totalling 4.5MW, ONE OFFSHORE WIND FARM.” enough to power almost 750 homes.
Port of Cardiff invests £400k in new engineering workshop
ABP Lowestoft welcomes Review Annual ABP new customer World Marine Offshore
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ABP invests £1 million Port of Ipswich team raises further £1,000 for St Elizabeth in Port of Lowestoft Hospice, taking total to £12,000 as part of energy hub vision
The first phase of a £300,000 demolition project to clear a new 13-acre development site at the Port of Lowestoft’s Shell Quay is completed, providing more development land for ABP and surrounding local businesses. This brings ABP’s investment into the port to £1 million in the last three months.
UK’s largest agribulk terminal wins international accolade
ABP’s Port of Immingham gains global recognition, winning Best Dry Bulk Port at the International Bulk Journal (IBJ) Awards. The “ABP’S PORT OF IMMINGHAM Immingham Bulk Park (IBP), which offers a premium dry bulks operation with 1.5 million GAINS GLOBAL RECOGNITION, square feet of undercover storage, won the WINNING BEST DRY BULK PORT award ahead of competitors from Hamburg, AT THE INTERNATIONAL BULK Kokkola in Finland and Abu Dhabi. JOURNAL AWARDS.” ABP Annual Review Annual ABP
Port of Southampton makes Local students enjoy tour of electric car charging available Port of Teignmouth to cruise customers
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Humber ports host trade discussions with Royal Danish Embassy and partners
ABP’s Humber ports welcome senior officials from the Royal Danish Embassy as well as the Managing Director of Denmark’s Port of Hanstholm to discuss trade options. The delegation meets with Humber Bondholders, Humber Seafood Cluster, Young’s Seafood and Modal Training, as well as visiting three of the four Humber ports owned and operated by ABP.
ABP signs new trade deal with world’s largest container shipping line
A significant new service for ABP’s Hull Container Terminal is agreed, offering deep-sea connections to the rest of the world for the first time in its history. The deal with Maersk, the world’s largest container shipping line, opens a new ABP recognised for outstanding Record-breaking year for cargo ABP supports Hull and trading link to the Far East and beyond. renovation work on Grade II handling at Port of Silloth Goole seafarers to spread listed building Christmas cheer
Charitable activities across Humber ports raise £1,500 for a range of local causes ABP Annual Review Annual ABP
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ABP Southampton raises £13,800 over the year for the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance
£2.2 million invested in new agribulk terminal at Port of Ayr
An investment of £2.2 million is announced and work begins on a new, 4,000sqm state-of-the-art warehouse at the Port of Ayr to improve its customer offering and support Scotland’s growing agricultural sector. ABP announces new 10 year ABP secures deal contract with Thor Shipping following £6 million investment for wind turbine in Port of Hull blade storage
ABP Invests £700,000 to boost ABP secures a 12-month contract storage at Port of Ipswich with Siemens Gamesa to provide a storage site for 37 wind turbine blades destined for the world’s largest offshore windfarm, the Hornsea One Project. A six-acre area located at the Port of Hull’s Eastern Access on King George Dock is leased for the storage of the 75-metre, 30-tonne blades. ABP Annual Review Annual ABP
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Port of Goole powered by £1 million solar installation
Green energy is now being produced at the Port of Goole following the completion of a £1 million rooftop solar installation. 4,341 solar panels were installed across four rooftops, creating enough electricity during peak generation times to run the Port of Goole solely from clean energy.
“4,341 SOLAR Southampton chosen PANELS WERE INSTALLED for MSC Bellissima ACROSS FOUR naming event ROOFTOPS.” Southampton is chosen to stage a momentous naming ceremony for MSC’s newest cruise vessel, the magnificent MSC Bellissima. ABP also takes up the position of Gold Sponsor for the star‑studded event. ABP Annual Review Annual ABP
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“THIS £12 MILLION Cruise terminal PARTNERSHIP PROJECT upgrade completes WITH P&O CRUISES first phase at the BEGAN IN OCTOBER 2018 IN READINESS Port of Southampton
FOR MAY 2020.” The first phase of a multi-million-pound upgrade to the Port of Southampton’s Ocean Cruise Terminal is completed. This £12 million partnership project with P&O Cruises began in October 2018 in readiness for May 2020 when the cruise line’s newest flagship, Iona, will arrive in Southampton from Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg.
Local MP visits Port Scottish MP for Central Ayrshire, Dr Philippa Whitford, visits the port to learn more of Troon to learn more about port operations and future business about its role in the development opportunities. During the visit, she is given a port tour by ABP Scotland Port economy Manager Stuart Cresswell, showcasing the latest investments in port infrastructure and equipment made by ABP.
ABP South Wales invests ABP Humber provides 40 acres ABP’s Hull Dry Bulks Terminal £300,000 in pilot vessel refit of land to support KIA expansion handles largest ever shipment, discharging nearly 30,000 tonnes of biomass for Drax ABP Annual Review Annual ABP
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Triton Knoll signs new port Humber tug fleet strengthened lease with ABP at Grimsby’s to support additional business Royal Dock as new tug, Manxman arrives
Grimsby expands automotive offering
The Port of Grimsby expands its landside offering for commodity storage, as the former Huntsman Tioxide site welcomes its first wave of imported vehicles. The site, which until 2009 hosted a chemical plant producing over 4 million tonnes of titanium dioxide, now houses 2,000 Volkswagen cars which are awaiting their transit to dealerships across the UK.
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Port of Ipswich US Ambassador to celebrates opening of new fertiliser UK visits Port of blending and Southampton to mark bagging plant construction milestone
His Excellency Mr Robert Wood Johnson, United States Ambassador to the UK, attends the port to mark a significant milestone in the construction of a new £15 million multi-deck vehicle export terminal. The event is marked with the presentation of a commemorative plaque as the ambassador learns more about Port of Barrow ABP exhibits at the port’s role in international trade. welcomes Shipping Minister Nusrat Breakbulk Europe Ghani and John Woodcock MP for ABP attends Breakbulk Europe in port tour Bremen, showcasing the wide range of solutions its ports have to offer to the project cargo and breakbulk sectors. Attracting more than 11,000 visitors every year, the conference is one of the world’s largest trade shows for the project cargo and breakbulk sectors.
“A SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW £15 MILLION MULTI-DECK VEHICLE EXPORT TERMINAL.”
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ABP proud of its links to D-Day
ABP welcomes the 75-year anniversary of D-Day on 6 June 1944, in which British, Canadian, US and other Allied forces landed on the Normandy coast in northern France. Britain’s ports played a vital role in the war effort, and ABP’s ports and their people played their part in full.
New £3.5 million hybrid ABP’s East Anglian ports ABP exhibits at the 12th crane joins the ‘Dance of invest in new fleet of annual Multimodal trade Cranes’ at the Port of Hull electric vehicles show in Birmingham
ABP teams compete in annual Macmillan Tug of War challenge to raise funds for charity
Two ABP teams, the Poseidon Pullers and Tug Boat Warriors, compete in a charity Tug of War event to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support. The event raises thousands of pounds for charity, with the men’s team, the Tug Boat Warriors, bringing home the trophy. ABP Annual Review Annual ABP
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